Third Watch (1999–2005): Season 1, Episode 20 - A Thousand Points of Light - full transcript

Previously on Third Watch:

Put an ad on the web. The
next day you got 100 e-mails.

I'd like to live with
you if the offer stands.

It does.

- I'm pregnant!
- Is it mine?

There's a girl out there with
your baby and you can study?

Mother's birthday
tonight. 50 years.

Tell her congrats from me.

- Nicole wants to go to the party.
- You asked her. Good.

About time you introduced
her to your family.

- I don't know.
- You having second thoughts?



I'm not sure about tonight, when
my mom's friends gather her up...

get her drunk and
carve a penis cake...

while some male stripper writes
"Happy 50th, Rose" with his unit.

1059 building fire at 1399
West End. Fire notified.

55-David. 10-4.1399 West End.

We get to do traffic for the bucket
boys. The start of a great day!

This is... I told you.

No, this is really...
I said it was small.

"Cozy" is the word
you're looking for.

Excellent example of
intimate living in the city.

It's a prewar building
with views of the Hudson.

- If you look at it en total, it's...
- Small.

Yes. It's small,
it's overpriced...

and it's likely to go fast.



By tomorrow I'll have someone.

It might as well be you.

Yeah, you know, um...

Excuse us for a minute.

- We can afford it.
- Barely.

But it's got some great views.
It's hard to find a prewar building.

There's no way we'll
get all our things in here.

- We could put some in storage.
- That's convenient.

Unless we commute from Paramus,
this is the best we're gonna find.

"I too am looking
for my soul mate.

One to guide my spirituality
as I elevate to higher love."

- Forget it.
- Sounds interesting.

- Somebody spiked her granola.
- How about this?

"Sullivan, read your
posting and was fascinated..."

I don't need your
help meeting anybody.

I definitely don't need help
meeting some freak on the web...

whatever it's called.

You suck the romance
out of Internet dating.

"Sullivan, read your
posting and was fascinated.

What's a law-enforcement
official doing alone?"

Did she forget
how to spell "cop"?

"I've never done this
before. But if you're like me...

you're to the point
where..." She meant "point."

"Where it's time to take
a chance again." Shauna.

I like this one.

It's a good thing you're
single. She's all yours.

Let's go!

Battalion 24. Got a 10-75...

at box number 4765.
Two-story motel.

Got smoke coming
from the second floor.

Don't drop your folds yet.
- I got it.

We got swirls.

Let's get that roof vented.

It ain't worth
getting fried over!

- Back up! FAITH:
Third warning. Let's go.

Back it up. Let's give the
men some room, fellas.

Easy. Let the ladder
find the fire, cowboy.

Stay low.

Come on, fellas. Help me out.

Let's go.

Hey, you gotta stay
back! Stay back!

- Let me go!
- No. Stay right here!

Is this your brother?
Tell him to calm down.

- You gotta help her!
- Who?

Our mom! Our mom is in there!

Where's your mom? What floor?

Second floor, Room 206.

Two kids say their mom's on
the second floor. Room 206.

Battalion to 57.

Possible woman down
in Room 206. Room 206.

57.10-4.

One female, possibly
Room 206. Copy.

- Were you here when it started?
- No. Our dad came.

- "Came"?
- He doesn't live with us.

Your mom doesn't get
along with your dad?

We found one. We got one here.

Take this guy out of here.

57 to Battalion 24.
We got one 10-45.

Is it the woman?

No. The 10-45 is a male.

We'll bring him down
and keep searching.

Anything? MAN: This one's hot.

Battalion 24 to 57. We
have wind shift. Acknowledge.

Hold it!

Flashover! Get down!

Everybody move back!

- Move back!
- Get over there.

Move back! Get away!

Up against the wall!
Against the wall!

To your left. Let's go.

You all right?

It's just a cut. You're okay.

Charge the hose!
Charge the hose!

Squad 57 to Battalion.
The hallway flashed over.

All firefighters here.

Advancing into the fire apartment,
primary search in progress.

Shauna, this is John Sullivan.

This is short notice,
but I got your e-mail.

Love to meet you.

- What are you doing?
- I'm talking to...

I'm off at 11, why don't we
meet at the Delightful Diner?

- About 11:30.
- Hang up.

- Look forward to meeting you. Bye.
- Give me the number.

- What are you doing?!
- What are you talking about?

I figured she'll want to
meet you for the coffee.

You can either meet her or
be a bastard, stand her up.

I should bounce your behind.

You say that today. But
tomorrow you'll be thanking me.

No, tomorrow I'll do it.

57 to Battalion 24. I have
one female 10-45. Code two.

I'm bringing her down.
Have EMS standing by.

Roger, 57. I have
EMS standing by.

Okay, he's got one. Here we go.

Lift it up. Slide her down.

- She's not breathing.
- Mom! Mom!

Back it up.

I'll do an IV. Saline
at 100 cc's an hour.

Hyperventilate her.

Heart rate's 40. Give
her the atropine by IV.

It was Dad. He did that to her.

I'm in.

Give it a squeeze, Jimmy.

Right there. Go.

- Is she gonna live?
- They'll do everything they can.

You'll make us go back to Dad.

We'll take you to the hospital.

We're not going back!

- Let me go.
- Where are you going?

- What's going on with your girl?
- She's not my girl.

Fine. What's going on
between you and Vangie?

- Nothing.
- Nothing?

That's why we're parked in
front of her place waiting for her...

because nothing's
going on with you two?

Give me a minute.

Hey.

Hey.

I was waiting for you.

You were?

That's so sweet.

I'm sorry about the
misunderstanding we had.

You show up, tell
me you're pregnant.

- I was off guard.
- I know.

It was all my fault.

But I've had time
to think about things.

Let's discuss your options.
Is there something...?

- Something? What?
- We're young.

This really isn't a time for
either of us to have a kid.

- If there's something...
- What are you gonna do?

Give me a ride to the clinic?

- Maybe...
- You son of a bitch!

- Vangie!
- You can't even fake like you care.

Hurt me now... miss me later.

Vangie.

How's the woman?

Third-degree burns over 40% of
her body. She has the will to live.

You know her history?

The manager said she'd just moved
in, with enough cash for three weeks.

Sounds like she was
avoiding her old man.

Those kids were scared.

Detectives should hear this.
She had a lot of aged bruises.

She has a wrist burn
in the outline of a watch.

But she had no belongings
when she got here.

Elderly asthmatic in
arrest. 1818-9th. 5-David.

Boy 553.1818, 5-David.

We'll check the
bus for the watch.

We better go. I'll tell
Children's Services...

No! Don't touch me!

- What happened?
- He's okay.

I tried to examine him
and he got spooked.

Nobody's gonna hurt you.

I want my brother.

Danny, it's okay.

- Calm down.
- I want my brother.

I know. We're driving
around looking for him, okay?

- We'll bring him to you.
- I want Steve.

Look, he's gonna
be all right, all right?

We'll find him and get
you two back together.

We gotta make sure you're okay.

You want to be okay for when
your brother gets here, right?

So jump up on that table...

and that nice doctor will
take a look at you, okay?

It's gonna be okay. You
want to go? Come on.

There you go.

Okay, Danny.

It's okay. They won't hurt you.

I promise. They won't, right?

That's right.

I'm Dr. Morales, and I'm
just gonna listen to your heart.

With this.

Lift your arms up so I
can take your shirt off.

Okay.

Oh, God.

Danny, what happened?
Did somebody do this to you?

Who did this to you, Danny?

My father.

Anything?

Eighty-four cents and
a Britney Spears tape.

I'll take the 84 cents.

This watch could be anywhere.

It's either back here
or on the gurney.

Or a thousand other places.

- You should talk to Doherty.
- Doubt if he'd remember.

He found her. He was
alone when he found her.

He gambles too much,
but he's not a thief.

Who are you trying to
hurt here? Doherty or me?

He tried to take money
from Joey's college fund.

- That's far from pillaging a body.
- How far?

How far is stealing from
your son to stealing from a vic?

Hi. KYSER: Hi there.

It's okay. They're
friends of ours.

Detective Kyser, and Ms.
Yoshida from Children's Services.

- You're leaving me?
- Sit down.

Just while Detective Kyser talks
to you. But we're coming back.

Hey, have I lied to you yet?

Okay then.

- Be easy with him.
- Like he was my own.

- What about the father?
- From what you said...

he's got some
questions to answer.

- Can we bring him in?
- It's a special request.

Bring him in, but that's it.
- Thanks.

We got a call about an assault.

A multiple beating came in.
One of the girls asked for you.

- They asked for us?
- Davis.

Davis?

- Miss?
- She wanted me to call you.

- You remember me?
- No. Sorry.

You busted us, then let us
go. You know her brother.

Right. Tisha. Is she all right?

She was roughed up. Ruptured
spleen. Internal bleeding.

- What happened?
- Got roughed up.

- Who did this?
- It was Sunder.

- Walker?
- Tisha was his girl.

Malcolm got messed up
running numbers for him.

Tisha wanted to quit
Sunder, and he beat her.

- You know where he is?
- Malcolm was there.

He saw what Sunder did.

Tisha keeps a piece. Malcolm
wants to take Sunder out.

- Malcolm has a gun?
- I don't know.

Thanks. Thanks,
Dana. We'll be back.

- You straight?
- Yeah.

- You're getting hung up on that kid.
- You're not?

What kind of son of
a bitch beats his kids?

Same kind who'd beat
his wife, steal from her...

then start a fire to cover it.

- That's a theory.
- You got a better one?

Social Services didn't
know those kids were beat?

The mother was probably
too afraid to tell anybody.

What about school? Teachers?

With 30 students a class, six classes
a day, teachers can't remember faces.

Families don't work, schools
don't work... The system's a joke.

Who's supposed
to be watching kids?

Me.

You.

Paramedics.

Anybody in here?

Somebody call 911? Hello?

What the hell?

- Looks like an overdose.
- Looks like a performance at the Met.

- She's breathing.
- Empty cough syrup, aspirin...

children's chewables?

- We get a name on the call?
- Yeah, Vangie Evans.

Wake up, Vangie. Can you hear me?
- Pulse is weak.

Wake up. Vangie?

Sunder Walker,
you're under arrest.

For what? DAVIS: Assault
in the second degree.

Tongue twister, but you'll
have three to five to practice it.

That's the look of a skell on his
turf who thinks he can be difficult.

But if he gets difficult, then 45
cops show up. And suddenly...

Sunder's turf is my turf.
See how that works?

- We're doing you a favor.
- For what? You mean Malcolm?

Punk's talking about capping me.

Word gets back. Let the
bitch come. I got protection.

- What's that mean?
- My boy's carrying too.

They pop a punk who tries to
pop me. You see how that works.

Yeah, I see how that works.

Frank Gorzach?

- Are you Frank?
- Yeah.

- Could you stand up?
- I'm good here.

Put down the drill and stand up.

You married to Lydia Gorzach?

Lydia Frances. She can
have her old name back.

- You need to come with us.
- Come on!

What? I give her money.
She just drinks it up.

There was a fire at her
motel. She got burned.

- Thanks for the news.
- Some detectives want to see you.

- I had nothing to do with it.
- Tell the detectives.

I only went there to talk.
- Yeah?

Like you talk to your
boys? With your fists?

- I didn't do anything!
- Turn around.

Bitch, I ain't going anywhere!

Get up. Get up!

You got a problem?

Nope.

- Hey.
- Hey, yourself.

I just heard that burn
victim didn't make it.

Miracle she lasted that long.

Morales says she had a history
of abuse, lived like a pack rat.

No money except
maybe some jewelry.

She also said she had a
burn mark from the watch...

but the watch was gone.

She was burned. I'm surprised
she had any flesh on her.

- You didn't see any jewelry?
- I wasn't looking.

- The cops are looking for it.
- That's what cops do.

If you hear of anything,
just let me know.

How would I hear anything
different than the cops?

- If you hear anything, let me know.
- Yeah.

Carlos!

Vangie Evans. You know her?

- Why?
- She tried to kill herself.

Overdosed on cold medicine,
then called 911 looking for attention.

- How is she?
- We gave her activated charcoal.

When she was lucid,
she spit fire about you.

What's your involvement?

Does she have
psychiatric problems?

- Obviously she's got problems.
- And your connection?

We had a relationship, she got
pregnant, and then flipped out.

Because you want nothing
to do with her or the baby.

I offered to help! She
chose to hurt herself!

I'm putting her under
evaluation for 72 hours.

Give her some time to
think. Maybe you should too.

Uh...

I don't see him out here.

This is Sunder's territory.
Malcolm's looking out here.

Maybe he heard we got
Sunder and went home.

Yeah? Maybe he didn't.

He's going after Sunder.
Sunder's boys are after him.

Somebody's gonna
get shot today, man.

Kids with guns.

How is it that a
13-year-old gets a piece...

to get the guy
who beat his sister?

Maybe he thinks we
wouldn't do anything.

- It's our job.
- But if you're young and black...

and you read about
people taking 40 bullets...

from cops who are
supposed to protect you...

Who do you trust?
The cops or yourself?

He came in begging for water.
Now he's gasping, on the floor.

Respiratory distress.

All right, let's lean
you back here.

Let me see.

Singed nasal hairs.

Mouth's burned.

Airway's burnt.

Bilateral expiratory
wheezing. Needs albuterol.

Is this the other kid
from this afternoon?

From the motel fire, yeah.

All right. Do me a favor, okay?

Put your mouth on this
and take some deep breaths.

You in that fire before?

Were you inside?

Get some smoke?

We're not teaming up on you.

- What?
- Me and Morales aren't teaming up.

The hell you weren't.

Not everything is a battle.

- Vangie's not my problem.
- It's your baby.

- She says.
- You don't believe her?

She's four short of a six-pack.

She could show up
nursing a "Tickle Me Elmo."

- What if the baby looks just like you?
- What am I supposed to do?

I'm 22.

I barely make ends now. I
should take on a wife and kid?

I want things in life. I'm
not letting some girl...

stop me from getting them.

So you just toss her aside?

You were born with a
silver spoon in your mouth.

Yeah, I forgot. Me
and my millions.

You had a good home, parents,
a wife. Now you have Morales.

I've been poor. It's overrated.

Yeah, I want things.
And I don't feel bad for it.

- I miss the winter.
- You miss the cold?

The days are longer.
I miss the dark.

- I'm a night person.
- Transfer to Alaska.

- It's dark all day.
- I considered it.

Can't get good bagels.

If city equipment was less
durable, it'd be tissue paper.

What?

- I thought you checked the gurney.
- It got jammed in the frame.

You happy now?

The dragon is drained
and re-chained. Let's go.

I got a call from Kyser.
They found the brother.

- He's at Mercy.
- Is he okay?

He's having trouble breathing.

We gotta pick up
Danny and take him over.

See, Yokas? I haven't
lied to the boy yet.

Bosco, the kid has burns
on the inside of his lungs.

He didn't get them
standing across the street.

- So?
- They lied to us.

- That's why Steve ran away.
- No. No.

You saw the bruises on
Danny. They were afraid.

Gorzach beat that boy, he beat
the the woman, he started the fire.

Why would they lie about being
in the room when the fire started?

No. No.

Bosco, I believed them too.

Can I help you?

I'm here to see Vangie Evans.

- You family?
- No.

See the sign? What
does the sign say?

I'm a paramedic.

Then you should know the
rules. No visitors in the psych ward.

- Hey.
- Yeah?

Can I get her a message?

Write it down. If the caseworker
says it's okay, she can read it.

You know what?

- I'll come back later.
- All right. See you.

- Want to head back down 10th Ave.?
- Yeah.

- We'll stay out as long as we need to.
- Thanks, man.

I had a date. But I've got
one of those every night.

- Where'd that come from?
- There he is.

- I got it.
- All right.

Police!

Stop! Police!

Police! Stop!

Stay there. Get down.
Hands behind your back.

- Move!
- Don't shoot!

- Get out of the way!
- Sully, no! Sully, no!

- Get out the way!
- I won't let you do this.

- I ain't asking.
- Give me that.

We got Sunder. It's over.

It ain't over! They
beat my sister!

You don't think I can get
another piece and get Sunder?

I'd have to go after you.

- Why are you protecting him?
- You're the one I'm protecting!

You want to do serious time?

They beat my sister.

Who's gonna take care
of her if you go inside?

Sunder's going to jail.

You gonna take care of things?
When have you ever done right by me?

I'm doing it now.

- Come on!
- It ain't over, son.

Hey, Kyser. You looking for me?

The kid won't give us a thing.

- And?
- Maybe you can get him to open up.

To use his trust
to put him in jail?

His mom died in that fire. Will
you explain it to your partner?

If you don't want to
lie to that kid, don't.

Hey, Danny. I'm back.

How you doing?

Kyser, you want to...

There. That's better.

They found my brother.

He's not feeling good.
They took him to the hospital.

You miss him?

- He looks out for me.
- How?

- He doesn't let people hurt me.
- Like your dad?

People like your mom?

Did your mom hurt you too? Hm?

My parents used to
hurt me sometimes.

Sometimes with their hands.

Sometimes with
the things they'd say.

Yell at me, call me names.

I remember thinking I
wanted them to stop so bad.

Sometimes I wanted
to hurt them right back.

But my thoughts
made me feel bad...

because no matter what they
did, those thoughts were wrong.

You got something
tearing at you?

Yes.

It doesn't have to hurt.
You can make things better.

You can tell me the truth.

I don't want to go
back to my dad.

Steve said if I tell,
they'll send us back.

If your father hurt you...

no matter what, you'll
never go back to him.

But you gotta tell me
the truth. You have to.

Did your dad go to the motel
where you were staying?

And he fought with your mom.

They always fight.

Steve tried to stop them.

And Dad... Dad pushed him down.

And he started hitting him.

Did your father start the fire?

Did Steve start it?

Mom started it.

She gets drunk.

All the time, she does.
Then goes to sleep.

This time, she went
to sleep smoking.

The fire started.

I wanted to wake
her up. I wanted to.

- Steve said no.
- He let your mother burn?

He said she let him hit
us. They'd think Dad did it...

then we could be together, and
nobody would hurt us anymore.

I'll have to go back
to Dad now, right?

Hey.

What's the matter?

You've hurt me in a lot of ways,
but you have always had faith in me.

No matter how messed up I got...

- What are you talking about?
- Let me just...

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry for all the times
that I never believed in you.

Maybe if I had, you
and I would still...

No, don't. Don't
blame yourself for me.

- Hey, Jimmy.
- Hey. How are you?

- I'm sorry, did I interrupt?
- That's fine. I'm through.

Bye.

- She okay?
- Hell if I know.

- How long will this take?
- There's more stuff than you think.

I feel like I've been going
through my dad's stuff for a year.

And it still feels like 10
minutes since he died.

What will you do with all of it?

Well, his pictures and medals...

I want to keep.

The rest...

His books I'm gonna
donate to P.S. 18.

It's where he taught.
The rest, I don't know.

Won't have room for it
in our new apartment.

- If we ever find an apartment.
- We will.

- I'm glad one of us is optimistic.
- We will.

I don't care where
or how big it is.

It'll be ours. That's
why it'll be perfect.

You know, Carlos said that
I don't understand his life...

because compared to him...

my life has been
nothing but good.

- In many ways, you have been blessed.
- Yeah.

I guess so. I guess I have.

You know, this place
is rent-controlled.

So even if they
raise the price...

it's still gonna...

be less than we'd be
paying anywhere else.

Yep.

There's plenty of room
for us. It was your idea.

I know.

But is it what you really want?

I'm trying to get past
the things I've lost...

trying to learn how to...

appreciate the things I have.

I can't think of a better
way to do both than by...

starting a life here with you.

Hey. BOSCO: What's up?

- You good?
- Yeah, I'm good.

Those kids let their
mother burn, huh?

- Yeah.
- I'm sorry.

You want to help, right?

But when kids like that
get to us, it's too late.

- You're dressed up.
- My mom's birthday.

I'll catch the end of the orgy.
- Have fun.

- See you later.
- There must be something you can do.

- What's that?
- Those kids.

You say it's too late. You
can't turn them around...

but you can't just
give up on them.

- See you, Bos.
- See you, Ty.

Shauna?

Hi. I'm John Sullivan.
Nice to meet you.

- Would you like to sit down?
- Yeah. Why don't I sit down.

- Hungry?
- No, I'm okay. You?

I'm good with this.

- I'm not what you were expecting.
- No.

I mean, no, I didn't
have any expectations.

So you're a
law-enforcement official?

What? What are you?
FBI? Or Treasury?

My partner put up
the posting you saw.

He thought he was doing me a
favor, but he exaggerated a little bit.

I'm a cop.

I'm the one writing parking tickets
15 seconds after your meter expires.

- I like what I do. I'm a good cop.
- I'm sure.

I don't know which one of
us wants to be here less.

You for being led on, or
me for having to sit here...

and watch you
work up polite smiles.

Why don't I pay for your
coffee, and we'll call it a night?

I'm sorry. It's just,
I was expecting...

No, please, don't apologize.
You did me a favor.

You reminded me why I hate
dating so much in the first place.

Excuse me, Miss Yoshida?

Officer Boscorelli.

You're the caseworker
for the Gorzachs?

I do write-ups, but the
department does placements.

Here's the thing,
Arlene. Arlene, right?

- They need to be in the same home.
- It's up to the department.

That's not my problem. I want
to ensure they stay together.

- If they don't, we'll have a problem.
- Is that a threat?

Those boys have been to hell and
back, had more crap than they deserved.

All they got left is each other. I'm
asking, please, keep them together.

- Hey. How you doing?
- All right.

How's Tisha?

- She'll be out in a few days.
- She's doing that good?

We got no medical. We
can't afford more days.

But she's gonna be okay anyway.

Say "what's up" to her.
She's kind of in and out.

Hey.

Hello?

- Too Tall.
- How you feeling?

They got the best
drugs in this place.

Sunder's inside. He'll
be inside for a while.

You're all right, Too Tall.

You take it easy, all right?

See you, man.

You know, if I get home now...

my family's asleep. I just
watch TV for a few hours.

I could kick it here.

- Whatever.
- All right.

You're not having fun?

Just living vicariously
through you tonight.

She's a wonderful girl.

- You don't have to say that.
- Anyone who can match my drinks...

and stay standing
is all right in my book.

Especially when she's
in love with my son.

Sometimes I think
about after Dad left.

I think about...

I think about how you
raised us by yourself.

You still worked. But
you were always there.

- You were always there for us.
- You all right?

Come on!

Happy birthday, Mom. Get
out of here. Go have fun.